From 22a8cf0c28d536294d55049923575ce94bb39359 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=B6rg=20Thalheim?= <joerg@thalheim.io>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:50:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/lxc-container: fix compatibility with systemd-nspawn

---
 nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
index 416a2f905487..96b749102241 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/lxc-container.nix
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ in
           source = config.system.build.toplevel + "/init";
           target = "/sbin/init";
         }
+        # Technically this is not required for lxc, but having also make this configuration work with systemd-nspawn.
+        # Nixos will setup the same symlink after start.
+        {
+          source = config.system.build.toplevel + "/etc/os-release";
+          target = "/etc/os-release";
+        }
       ];
 
       extraCommands = "mkdir -p proc sys dev";